Benefiting Idaho public schools and buildings

 

IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          CONTACT: David Workman

Monday, March 12, 2007                                                                                          (208) 334-2600

 

Ownership of $1 Million Winning Ticket in Question

 

Boise – The $1 million winning ticket from Saturday night’s draw was presented to Lottery officials for payment today, however the ownership of that ticket is currently in question.

 

“Internal Lottery security measures are in place to protect the integrity of our games,” explained Jeff Anderson, Idaho Lottery Director. “With this $1 million Powerball/PowerPlay winning ticket, our normal security procedures require further investigation. Once the investigation is complete we will share the details and pay the rightful owner their $1 million prize.”

 

The Idaho Lottery is also not releasing the location of where the ticket was sold at this time for security purposes.

 

The winning ticket matched all five numbers, 14, 18, 34, 42, and 43, but not the Powerball, 32 from last Saturday night’s $142 million jackpot draw. The PowerPlay is a multiplier for all non-jackpot winning tickets. For an extra $1 per play, players can multiply their winning tickets by 2 to 5 five times. On Saturday night, the multiplier was 5, making the normal $200,000 winning ticket a $1 million winner.  During the month of April, a ten multiplier will be added to the game.

 

In addition to the $1 million winning ticket, Lottery officials announced two $50,000 PowerPlay winning tickets were also sold in Idaho for last Saturday night’s draw.  These tickets matched four numbers plus the Powerball and have the PowerPlay option.  One was sold at Maverik on 27^th and Fairview in Boise and the other was sold at Handi-mart in Post Falls.

 

“All these big winners reinforce the value of players selecting the PowerPlay option to maximize their winnings,” said Anderson.

 

The announced jackpot for Wednesday night’s draw is $165 million.

 

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